Resource use and food preferences in understory ant communities along a complete elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea

Biotropica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Orivel ◽  
Petr Klimes ◽  
Vojtech Novotny ◽  
Maurice Leponce
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Ant Communities

Assemblages of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) along an elevational gradient in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Finnie ◽  
Katerina Sam ◽  
Maurice Leponce ◽  
Yves Basset ◽  
Dick Drew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Fruit Flies

scholarly journals Elevational gradient of Hemiptera (Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha) on a tropical mountain in Papua New Guinea

PeerJ ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxime Le Cesne ◽  
Stephen W. Wilson ◽  
Adeline Soulier-Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Tropical Mountain

scholarly journals Insect herbivory and herbivores of Ficus species along a rain forest elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea

Biotropica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Sam ◽  
Bonny Koane ◽  
Legi Sam ◽  
Anna Mrazova ◽  
Simon Segar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Insect Herbivory ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Elevational Gradient

The times are changing: understanding past, current and future resource use in rural Papua New Guinea using participatory photography

2022 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 105759
Author(s):  
Mirjam Hazenbosch ◽  
Shen Sui ◽  
Brus Isua ◽  
E.J. Milner-Gulland ◽  
Rebecca J. Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Participatory Photography ◽  
The Times

The context and potential sustainability of traditional terrestrial periodic tambu areas: insights from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Whitmore ◽  
John Lamaris ◽  
Wallace Takendu ◽  
Daniel Charles ◽  
Terence Chuwek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Vital Rates ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Governance Practices

Within the Pacific over the last two decades there has been greater recognition of the pre-existing tools within indigenous communities for natural resource management. Periodic tambu (Tok Pisin: a prohibition) is an indigenous resource management tool often used across Papua New Guinea. On Manus Island terrestrial periodic tambu areas are characterised by a cycle of resource closure followed by instantaneous harvest. We examine the differing application of periodic tambu areas by three different clans who are using the technique to restock areas with the Admiralty cuscus (Phalangeridae: Spilocuscus kraemeri), an arboreal possum-like marsupial. We examined the plausibility of cuscus population recovery over differing closure periods at three different harvest rates using a composite female-only population projection matrix approach based on the vital rates of closely related phalangerid surrogates. The resultant trajectories suggest that commonly used closure durations may allow recovery at low to medium harvest rates (10–30%) but not at high harvest rates (50%). From this we infer that periodic tambu areas may be a sustainable strategy for customary resource use of Admiralty cuscus at low to medium harvest rates. We found periodic tambu management on Manus Island to be culturally dynamic with clans differing with respect to their purpose, adherence to tradition, and hybridisation with modern land governance practices. Given the past difficulties of imposing exogenous conservation systems in Papua New Guinea, we advocate greater exploration of the merits of endogenous systems such as periodic tambu areas.

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